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When, as in this example, the command equivalent is a sequence of two or three letters, the first letter will usually be the first letter of the menu name. For frequently-used commands, the key equivalent is a single letter with the key (in a very few cases the
key key). For example, the Mark Block command on the BLOCKS menu has the equivalent
Z.
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Certain special sequences of characters can be used in the search string to represent characters which cannot be typed at the keyboard, or classes of search string:
| Sequence | Matches |
| ^1..^8^^ | Highlight character |
| ^^ | ^ |
| ^? | A single character – not space |
| ^# | Any number of non-space characters (ie a word) |
| ^S | A space |
| ^Rref | Slot reference ref |
| ^R# | Any slot reference |
| space | One or more spaces, or across slots |
| ^B | Beginning of a slot (or line) |
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| Sequence | Substitutes | |
| ^1..^8 | Highlight character | |
| ^^ | ^ | |
| ^?n | Character matching nth ^? in search | |
| ^#n | String matching nth ^# in search | |
| ^S | A space | |
| ^Rref | Slot reference ref | |
| ^R#n | Slot reference matching nth ^R# | |
| space | Matching spaces or slot boundary |
Up to nine ^? fields, nine ^# fields and nine ^R# fields, numbered 1 to 9, can be used in the same replace string.
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The sequences ^1 to ^8 represent highlight codes 1 to 8. For example, all occurrences of PipeDream could be put into bold with the options
String to search for PipeDreamReplace with ^2PipeDream^2
The sequence ^B forces the search string to start at the beginning of a line. For example, all single spaces could be removed from the beginnings of lines with the options
String to search for ^B^SReplace with
The sequence ^# will match a sequence of characters not containing a space; ie a word, or a number. For example, to strip line numbers from spooled BASIC programs:
String to search for ^B ^#Replace with ^S
Where ^# or ^? have been used to search for any words or characters, the words or characters that were found can be inserted in the Replace with string using ^#1 to ^#9, or ^?1 to ^?9 respectively. For example,
String to search for c^?r^? Replace with ^?2^?1ck
will change cart to tack and cord to dock.
The sequence ^Rref and ^R# respectively match a specific slot reference, and any slot reference, in an expression slot. Thus,
String to search for ^R#Replace with ^R#1+1
will replace all slot reference A1 by A1+1, and so on.
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Equate upper and lower case: by default, upper- and lower-case letters are treated as equivalent in the search string and the cases of letters in the replace string are altered to match the cases of the letters in corresponding positions of the matched string. Setting this option to No forces matches to be identical case. This means that, for example, specifying Dog to replace Cat will have no effect on cat or CAT.
Ask for confirmation: setting this option to No causes all strings to be replaced without prompting.
Search only marked block: setting this option to Yes restricts the search to a marked block of slots.
Search from current file: setting this option to Yes performs the search and replace operation throughout a multi-file document, starting at the top of the current file.
Search all files in list: setting this option to Yes performs the search and replace operation throughout a multi-file document, starting at the top of the first file. See Multi-file documents, p. 125.
Other block operations
Word Count - 
BWC
Counts the words in the whole document, or in a block of slots if one has been marked, and displays the number of words, for example
127 words
at the top of the screen. Note that numbers and other symbols separated by spaces will contribute towards the word count.
New - BNEW
Clears the entire document. The query
Overwrite text?
is given. If you clear the document (by answering Yes), this will cancel all file names and multi-file mode, resetting the Options Page options to their defaults, and resetting the screen display to its starting state of six columns, each 12 characters wide.
Recalculate - A
Recalculates all expression slots throughout the entire document. The order of recalculation is determined by the columns/rows Options Page setting.
Moving about the document - CURSOR
The commands on the CURSOR menu aim to provide the greatest possible flexibility for moving around a document. Because they are used so frequently, many of them have simple shorthand equivalents, which can save you a lot of time.
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The commands on the CURSOR menu do not modify the document in any way, with the exception of the ENTER command
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type the coordinates of the slot you want to move to, followed by ENTERby
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Moves the cursor to the position after the last character in the slot.
Moving within a
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